my favorite historical thing about actual pirates is most of them were really young guys who died between the ages of 17 and 24 so one of the reasons blackbeard is so famous three hundred years later is because he was, like, thirty-two and still kicking which made him seem really wise and shit-together by comparison. it’s like when you’re a 28 year old woman and get tumblr asks from college freshman that say “oh my god you don’t look like a withered corpse at all”
“Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.”
— Vincent Van Gogh
“If I am worth anything later, I am worth
something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in
the beginning.”
Moriah using his shadow powers to make Oars stretch is my single favorite thing he does with his Devil Fruit. The logic of it is so simple, but it’s one of those things I never would have thought of or guessed in a million years. Oda gets good mileage out of it, too, as it’s the basis for the Straw Hats surviving getting mostly burnt to a crisp at the end of the arc.
whenever i’m trying to talk myself out of buying something i don’t need i always hear my old russian professor’s voice echoing in my head: “WHAT??? WILL YOU DIE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE GRAVEYARD?” and then i make an unwise financial decision
